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I have a ball lock Corny keg with damaged threads on the gas-in post; the post was forced on cross threaded. I was able to get the post off, and now I want to clean up the threads, but I'm having trouble. According to what I was able to find, the threads are 19/32 - 18 and I can't find that...

I'm packing a bag tonight and heading up to Cooperstown in the morning. Plan to tour Ommegang, and if time allows also Cooperstown Brewing (brewers of Old Slugger). Should be crowded this year with Ripken and Gwynn being inducted, although I’m going to spend more time fishing (and drinking)...

I saw a recent post about this so I shoulda known, but I’m kinda thick. I was having trouble keeping my fermentation temps down, so I used the water bath t-shirt method. I worked great on the temps, but when I removed the t-shirt to rack to secondary, there it was….. MOLD! Nasty little...

I've been using the calculators from Tasty Brew and find them very helpful. I know several other HBT brewers use them as well. I found another site that also has some handy brew calcs, Powers Brewery. I haven't seen them mentioned in the forums so I though I would pass the link on to anyone...

After a non-incident this morning bottling my stout, I think all new carboy purchases are going to be better bottles. I accidentally banged two full glass carboys together while I was picking one up :eek: ; all I could think of was loss of beer, loss of blood, and SWMBO’s loss of temper...

I want to start using bottled oxygen to aerate my wort. B3 sells a regulator that you attach to the O2 bottle and run a hose to an aeration stone; it's $25. Is there any reason I couldn't just get a propane torch attachment (about $12), cut off the tip and clamp a hose on directly? If it...

Today I brewed my first AG batch, and despite a few learning opportunities it went really well. I started by missing my mash temp, 12' too low. Added about a gal of 200' water to hit 152'. Mash and batch sparge went smoothly from there (with some help from 'lil sparky). The MLT The Mash...

I'm doing my first AG batch right now and I need some help. I'm brewing Ed Wort's Haus Pale Ale, I'm mashing 10.5# of grain in 18 qts at 152F. I calculate I"ll need another 11 qts for sparging, what I need to know is what temp should the sparge water be? I started with 14 qts but missed...

Easy cleaning tip - soak your primary before cleaning. Today I racked a batch to secondary before work, and I timed it poorly and didn't have time to clean the primary bucket like I normally would. Not wanting to deal with a crusty mess later, I filled the bucket past the krausen line with...

My MLT is now complete; within the next two weeks I'll be brewing my first AG batch. Thanks for the opinions offered while I was planning the project, they were helpful and steered me towards the final result. I went with a 28qt rect. cooler with a manifold of 1/2" CPVC. Should be good for...

I plan to start brewing all grain next year when my son is a little older. I’ve been looking into converting a cooler for mashing, and have a few questions. I will be doing single temp infusion mashes and batch sparging. I plan to use a rectangular cooler (48 qt?) with a manifold. Here are...

Just wanted to say happy Father's Day to all the HBT dads. Sometimes it's tough, sometimes it's fun, but it's always rewarding and the most important job we do, bar none. Pat yourselves on the back and crack a few cold ones. Cheers

Has anyone had good results using Polyclar for bottle conditioned beer? The reason I'm asking is the product claims to remove both polyphenols and yeast from suspension. I just want to be sure it doesn't remove all the yeast. I searched and found some positive feedback on Polyclar, but...

Tonight was the smoothest bottling night ever, thanks to new bottle tree and improved bottling setup. Things couldn't have gone better. Then I tip my bottling bucket to get every drop of beery goodness, and I see a dead mosquito stuck on the side of the bucket! I can only assume he's gone for...

Hey everyone - greetings from sunny New Jersey. I'm a new brewer and I've gotten lots and lots of great info from this forum, and I've managed to get five 5 gal. batches boiled and fermenting/clearing/bottle conditioning, and even one that I'm drinking. Thanks to everyone for being so...